An old lady's life

"Mother, is father still in the yamen?" Jia Hu searched around, but couldn't see his father, so he had to ask.

Everyone in the room had uncontrollable smiles on their faces, but no one spoke easily.

Seeing this, Hongye smiled and said, "Okay, okay, your father is away on a business trip and has been away for more than a month, so he probably won't be back for a while."

"Didn't you write a letter to your father with your uncle at your second aunt's place? If you don't bother the second master, the emperor and the minister of the Ministry of punishment sent your father and You Shilang to Wanzhou to investigate the case together." Confused, Hongye explained in more detail.

Jia Hu was really taken aback: "Is there really a problem? I just saw that the criminal didn't look like a heinous murderer who killed his whole family including his parents. When I talked to my second uncle, my second uncle was quite skeptical, so I suggested sending him directly to Beijing."

Everyone in the room nodded together, and Hongye said again: "There is a problem, there is a big problem. At first, the people in the dark may not know that they are going to the capital, so the journey ahead is quite safe. When they are approaching the capital, a large number of people appear. The man in black pursued and killed them, but luckily the instructors of the military academy took Lian'er and them to practice in the mountains and rescued them by mistake, otherwise the seven or eight yamen servants and the people in the post would have all been killed."

This opened the chatterbox, and everyone rushed to talk about the amazing process.

"Will father be in danger? The Son of Heaven dares to take risks at his feet, which shows how big this matter is!" Jia Hu didn't expect that this matter would be so dangerous, people in the dark would dare to go to Beijing to rob and kill, even the imperial envoys who went down from the court may not Put it in your eyes.

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Danger?How can there be no danger?It was the first time I entered the boundary of Wanzhou, the more western mountains there were, and the forests were denser. Jia She and his party were not familiar with the terrain and lost their way.

After about two quarters of an hour, the two yamen servants who explored the road came back and said that there was a narrow mountain road in front of them, and there was a village in the past, and they went down to ask for directions.

The group set off immediately, intending to go down the mountain to find accommodation. If they missed the time, they could only sleep in the wild.

The mountain road is a bit narrow, for some reason, seeing the mountain road like a ray of sky, Jia She caressed the purse hanging on his chest, and his heart was trembling. Inside the purse was the peace talisman given by his mother before leaving, he immediately stopped his horse , causing a group of people to stop their progress.

In such a short time, a booming sound came from far and near. When everyone looked up, they saw rolling stones falling from both sides of the cliff.

The group of people was so startled that they immediately backed away quickly, and after a while, they saw rolling stones rolling into the mountain path. Even the king of beasts in the mountain path was smashed to pieces, not to mention that Jia She's people were only mere bodies!

You Shilang, Jia She, and the other three principals immediately sank into embarrassment. The people behind the scene are really bold. If they entered the mountain road just now, they would really die. It seems that the truth is more serious than what Jia She and the others thought. !

Four or five yamen servants here immediately checked the hillsides on both sides, but when they went up, there was no one on the top of the hill, but whether the rolling stone was man-made, the traces were obvious.

"Three adults, what should we do now?" Is it true that people are afraid of death, and everyone will be afraid for a while.

The right servant gritted his teeth: "I will definitely investigate to the end. It's not that easy to kill us."

After that, there was no problem. The group quickly crossed the mountain road and found a family at the foot of the mountain to stay.Everyone was vigilant throughout the night, and finally it was safe until dawn.

Afterwards, the right servant made a decision, and the group first found the left-behind Wanzhou barracks, and took the imperial decree to raise five thousand soldiers. The leader was the fifth-rank general, Mr. Tian.

A group of people marched into Wanzhou in a mighty manner, causing all the people in Wanzhou City to look sideways, and then heard that the imperial envoys were here to investigate the bloody case of the Bai family.

For a while, the people were furious. Jia She and others visited and learned from relatives and neighbors that Bai He'an was a good man who respected his parents and took care of his wife and children.

At night, Jia Amnesty discussed with You Shilang and the three principals, exchanging information they had obtained with each other.

"The Bai family is a well-known big family in Wanzhou City. The relationship with the government has always been very good. Master Bai and his wife respect each other as guests. There are several concubines, which do not affect the relationship between the husband and wife. The three sons of the Bai family are all descendants. An is the second child, with an older brother and a younger brother. It is not an exaggeration to be ignored by his parents, but Bai Hean also said that he does not remember the partiality of his parents, not to mention that his parents have given him enough. Now, he is not as good as his elder brother who can support the family business, nor is he as good as his younger brother who can study, but he is very content, his parents are at the top, his wife and children are at the bottom, he lives a good life, and he does not resent his parents and elder brother, let alone Will kill father and mother."

Jia She continued the words of the servant from the right: "Bai He'an said that he didn't know the whole story. On that day, the uncle of the Bai family entertained guests and asked his two younger brothers to accompany him. As a last resort, let his wife and children go back to her mother's house, and he stays at home as a companion."

"Bai He'an's wife and children have been transferred from the prison to take care of them separately. The only people in the Bai family who are still alive are the three members of Bai He'an's family and Bai Sanye's toddler who is less than one year old. A son and a daughter, Bai Sanye and his wife were all hacked to death with an ax at that banquet. The murder weapon and ax were the woodcutters in the Bai family's kitchen, and it was a handful on the table. It was very heavy, weighing one or two hundred catties."

"The ax is very heavy. I asked some servants of the Bai family. The one who chops wood is a tall and strong man named Han Qiang. He has a lot of strength. He is the only one in the Bai family who can move the iron axe."

"It takes two or three of us to move the iron ax... Although Bai He'an looks strong, but he is the young master of the Bai family. He never does heavy work, so he can't move the iron ax."

"But after the massacre of the Bai family, the iron ax was in his hand. The neighbors saw the open Bai family. The front hall was filled with blood. Bai and An fell drunk at the scene, holding the iron ax in their hands. The witnesses It's all there."

"This bloody case affected the entire city of Wanzhou. Under the pressure and anger of the public, the government sentenced Bai Hean to death ten days later on the grounds that he had drunkenly killed his parents, elder brother, and younger brother's family. It is planned to execute after the approval of the Ministry of Punishment."

"But Bai He'an said that he and Bai Sanye were both drunk that day. He usually drinks very well, and he will never go crazy or have a sudden attack. He also said that he can hold an iron ax with both hands, but It is absolutely impossible to use the iron axe, and it is even more impossible to make it easily."

"It's Han Qiang... It's just that there are many people who testify. That day he was drinking in a restaurant with his usual friends, and the owner of the restaurant, Xiaoer, can testify."

"Uncle Bai's relationship with the magistrate is very good. Let's ask the magistrate Zhou. The magistrate Zhou is in great pain. He also admits that this case is a bit urgent, but there are all witnesses and material evidence. He did not ignore the law."

"Prefect Zhou is over [-] years old, about the same age as Master Bai, but he is a close friend of Master Bai. Prefect Zhou was promoted to prefect twelve years ago. It happened to be the period of assessment at that time. Prefect Zhou is a county under the jurisdiction of Wanzhou The county magistrate was promoted to the position of magistrate because he paid a bandit that suddenly came out. After he took office, the prefect of Zhou hosted a banquet for all the big families in Wanzhou City.

"Bai He'an's wife, Mrs. Zou, admitted that she used all the money to get through the relationship with the prison servants in the government office. It was also her family's Zou family who worked together to get Bai He'an out of the prison and let Bai He'an escape. Bai He'an was also going to Beijing. complain."

"Uncle Bai entertained the guests, and in the near future, all the neighbors saw that Uncle Bai personally sent three guests out, and said a lot at the door, and then the Bai family closed the door, and within half an hour, the servants of the Bai family opened the door. He walked through the gate and shouted in panic, "Killer! ", and then the neighbors rushed in and ran out again in fright, and then the government intervened, Bai Hean was woken up by the cold water, and was immediately detained in the government prison."

"We also went to question the three guests. They are the business partners of the Bai family. This time, the four families plan to build a piece of mountain together to plant medicinal materials and engage in the medicinal material business. Before, only the Bai family was reselling medicinal materials, and there was no production. I want to solve the problem of difficulty in taking medicine from the root.”

"Now that the master of the Bai family is dead, Bai He'an doesn't know why his parents, elder brother and younger brother's family were all killed in such a cruel way. If it wasn't that Bai He'an suddenly lost his mind and killed his relatives, then the Bai family's The servant is lying."

"The so-called witness testimony is not actually witness testimony, because the neighbors only saw the final result, and did not see the process of Bai He'an's murder. It is impossible for physical evidence to fly to Bai He'an's hands, so it is the real murderer." The one who put the iron ax into Bai He'an's hands after the murder."

"But, what's the reason? Who has such a deep hatred with the Bai family?"

"The servants of the Bai family have also inquired. After the guests left, Uncle Bai returned to the front hall. The second master and the third master Bai were lying on the table drunk, and Mrs. Bai and the third wife ordered the servants to clean up the table in the side hall. After a while, the master of the Bai family sent all the servants away. For some reason, the eldest wife and the third wife led the eldest and third young masters to wait in the side hall. Within a quarter of an hour, a few servants at the second gate I felt that it was too quiet inside, so I called a few times and got no response, so I boldly entered to take a look, and then I saw the third wife, the third wife, and the third young master in the side hall lying on the ground covered in blood. Open wide, Uncle Bai and Third Master Bai also fell to the ground covered in blood, Bai Hean was covered in blood, and sat paralyzed on the threshold with an iron ax in his hand, and the iron ax was also covered in blood."

"This is strange. Even if they are killed, Uncle Bai, the eldest wife and the third wife are sober, why don't they know how to scream? Before this person dies, he must struggle a little bit, right? This is silent, really It's puzzling."

Jia Amnesty and the others discussed for a long time, there are two doubts, one is why did Uncle Bai send his servants out?The second is why people are killed, but the living do not cry out?Sort out the doubts one by one, and then investigate separately.

This is the result of five days of investigation, and it is not without a clue.The Skynet is fully restored, and it is sparse but not leaky. As long as Fan solves the case, it will always be found out.